diff --git a/tools/dhtcnode.c b/tools/dhtcnode.c
index 51b59d3a128fa7cbe6ca84730d7a1cb38bd56f95..45c28eceb6ff7d724aad71fbe6479a9e0619db9e 100644
--- a/tools/dhtcnode.c
+++ b/tools/dhtcnode.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    printf("OpenDHT version %s\n", dht_version());
+
     struct dht_params params = parse_args(argc, argv);
 
     dht_runner* runner = dht_runner_new();